My Fitness Manifesto

There is no superior form of fitness. There are no better or worse training methods. There certainly isn't an effective overnight solution delivering safe and permanent results. Fitness is a progression that is dependent on consistency and work as in all other successes in life.

The idea of making a million dollars in a month with no previous consistent amounts of work invested would probably involve some pretty risky and possibly illegal activity. So why should turning around your physical appearances and abilities be viewed at with such high transformational expectation? I ask this only because I have been there and I see it... I see people hoping to take a step in a healthier direction only to be discouraged by seeing no results within a week, weeks, or in a few months.

If you were to implement minor lifestyle changes and build off of that you'd get A LOT farther than trying the gimmick or the fad, seeing it doesn't work and switching to the next and next and next in search of the desired result. Perhaps the time used trying so many different methods could have been used to making an effort to establish better habits, that are less expensive.

Begin with movement and activity within your realm and capabilities. Build off of that! Continue to push yourself more and more. Work gets results! You don't have to walk out the front door and attempt a mile run only to discourage yourself because you aren't meeting a standard of measure set by someone else not in your shoes. Simply just walk out of the front door. And keep doing that until the walk turns into a jog one day and that turns into a run one day and that turns into "sh*t I need to actually buy better running shoes because these hurt, but I wanna keep going!"

You don't need to make any drastic diet changes, unless of course, specific health risks demand it. But if that's not the case then just simply make better choices. Cut out one thing per week. Inch yourself away from what you already know you shouldn't be eating, but still do anyways. Keep making adjustments to eating it less and less until you now feel sluggish when you eat the bad stuff and actually like the feeling of knowing you ate a bit lighter and healthier. F**k the instant gratification. The results will come. Just keep making better choices and keep your activity level progressing.

Soon enough you're looking into joining a gym, joining a class, getting a trainer, trying that new thing that your friends have been talking about. That's where I say THERE'S NO SUPERIOR FORM OF FITNESS! One doesn't work better than the other, it's more, one interests me more than the other. One will keep me engaged more than the other. Remember we said CONSISTENCY. Not because someone said it works better, but because this workout is actually fun and I like it. That's the fitness style for you. People talk shit about doing it... cool, but I say if it keeps you interested and engaged...

KEEP DOING IT!

At the end of the day the only tool that will help you get to where you want to be most effectively is YOUR MIND! It's ENTIRELY based on mental strength. Not on how fast you can or can't run, can't lift, how far you can or can't jog. It's having the mental strength enough to not let yourself stop you from progression. DO NOT, and I strongly repeat, do not compare the rate of your results to the next person. We all have different minds, different bodies, different habits, different goals, different life dynamics.

Your interest in seeking a better fitness level should not be discouraged by anything. This whole approach can be overwhelming with the specifics in diets and fads and workouts and do this and do that and this works and that doesn't work and rub this lamp and you'll look amazing. You got the three most effective tools you need already within you: MIND, BODY, and HEART. Put them to use.

Get off your ass!

— Jaime Jimenez, Owner and Resident Trainer